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Local Dessert Shop Brings Hungary To New York City · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: One six point seven light. I'm good morning, where Covey
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  Speaker 1: Christine and producer Kristen and Kubby. I have been raving
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  Speaker 1: right for how long now, I think a couple of
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  Speaker 1: years years. Yes, about a place that is right near
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  Speaker 1: my home and I can't believe that it's actually in
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  Speaker 1: my neighborhood. It's called Curly Kurtosh Cafe. Curly Kurtash is
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  Speaker 1: a chimney cake from Hungary. It's like a very specific
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  Speaker 1: food from Hungary. Yep, from the fatherland. My dad was
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  Speaker 1: from Hungry. Yes, and right there in my very own
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  Speaker 1: neighborhood is this authentic, beautiful place making the chimney cakes
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  Speaker 1: that I've only ever known from Europe. And there's a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful lady behind this cafe. It is her idea. She
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  Speaker 1: brought it here to the US, to Nutley, New Jersey specifically,
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  Speaker 1: and her name is Nicole. And I'm so excited that
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  Speaker 1: you're in studio with us. Nicole, Welcome, Welcome.
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  Speaker 2: It smells great out there in the hallway.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, it always smells great. Yeah, I actually can't smell
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  Speaker 3: it anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Because if your nose blind, Yes, so your Curly Cartash,
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  Speaker 1: which smells amazing. Nicole before we get into your story
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  Speaker 1: about how you even got started here in the US.
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  Speaker 1: Can you just explain what chimney cake is, because I
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  Speaker 1: think we picture something different from what it is.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. So it's a very popular European street food coming
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  Speaker 3: from Hungary and it's rolled around a what I like
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  Speaker 3: to say, a rolling pin, and it's baked in a
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  Speaker 3: rotisserie tight style oven.
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  Speaker 2: Sold I'm already in, all right, go.
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  Speaker 3: Ahead, And so we say it's a cross between a
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  Speaker 3: hollow churro and a donut. So if you're not in,
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  Speaker 3: you're in now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm totally so good.
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  Speaker 3: We put customized toppings on it. I think what makes
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  Speaker 3: it really special is just the quality of the pastry.
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  Speaker 3: It's not overly sweet. We use European flour and butter,
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  Speaker 3: so we keep it one hundred percent authentic, and we've
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  Speaker 3: been invited to bake them for the Hungarian embassy in DC.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: So it's something you know, where do you the real
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  Speaker 3: question is where do you go for desserts that are
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  Speaker 3: not overly sweet, not processed, And that's kind of the
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  Speaker 3: space that we really play in. So it's a great experience.
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  Speaker 3: It's fun to watch, and it's really fun to eat.
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  Speaker 3: So in Hungry, people are walking with them on the streets.
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  Speaker 3: If you see them, everyone's like, where the chimney cakes?
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  Speaker 3: Where are the chimney cakes? They're that exciting.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and your place is beautiful and welcoming, and as
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  Speaker 1: you said, it's like an experience going there because we
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  Speaker 1: get to see you make it, so the kids love
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  Speaker 1: to see it. You can hang out there and have
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  Speaker 1: a good time.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean I started making the chimney cakes just
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  Speaker 3: because I wanted them, and I lived in Hungary for
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  Speaker 3: four years and when I was leaving Hungary, I realized
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  Speaker 3: no one's making them. But I've come here and people
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  Speaker 3: actually want to make them themselves. So we do parties
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  Speaker 3: for kids where the kids can make them. We do
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  Speaker 3: team building events as well, where you know, employees work
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  Speaker 3: together on making them. We recently went to an apartment
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  Speaker 3: complex and we just had the tenants coming down all
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  Speaker 3: making them on their own and it was super exciting.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, it's really exciting.
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  Speaker 1: And Nicol, I know you're also very involved in the community.
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  Speaker 1: You do lots of fundraisers for the schools in Nutley
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  Speaker 1: and the surrounding areas, and I think that's wonderful too.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we donate to the tricky trays. I mean, one
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  Speaker 3: of the reasons I was inspired to do this is
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  Speaker 3: because chimney cakes literally make everyone happy, and most people
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  Speaker 3: don't understand until they actually come to the shop or
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  Speaker 3: experience and see the people enjoying them. And so I realized,
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  Speaker 3: I can't take away people's pain, but I can give
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  Speaker 3: them a space where they can get away from it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you have a whole setup by the way outside.
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  Speaker 2: I'm worried you're going to burn something because we have
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  Speaker 2: brought you in the studio to go on the air
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  Speaker 2: right now, but you're cooking something. Is everything okay out there?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? It's so when we say oven, I think it
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  Speaker 3: gets everyone kind of concerned, like, is this a kitchen
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  Speaker 3: aid oven? But it's really more like a toaster oven. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: it's an infrared burner. So it's not at all threatening, all.
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  Speaker 1: Right, So you need to experience it, Cobby producer Kristen,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's your first time, then this will be
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  Speaker 1: your first chimney cats. Yeah, we can't wait people.
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  Speaker 2: Find you to call where people find you.
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  Speaker 3: So we're located actually off of exit one point fifty
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  Speaker 3: one off the Garden State Parkway. The Montclair exit, but
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  Speaker 3: we're in Nutley seventy four East Passaic Avenue, but we're
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  Speaker 3: five minutes off the parkway. Literally like jump off ample
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  Speaker 3: parking and you can jump back on.
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  Speaker 1: She's right. It's easy to park, and it's a it's
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  Speaker 1: a really fun place and you do great seminars. I
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  Speaker 1: know we did, like coffee tasting one morning along with
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  Speaker 1: the Curly Curtage. There's just a lot of fun things
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  Speaker 1: happening there along with this amazing food.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we do. We call it the Curly Club. So
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  Speaker 3: I'm always curious. So we bring in other people who
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  Speaker 3: are artisans in their craft and so we team up together.
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  Speaker 3: They'll spend an hour educating, sampling or teaching people how
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  Speaker 3: to do things. We had a calligraphy class, a facaca class.
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  Speaker 3: We had coffee, and then the second hour, so they're mastering,
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  Speaker 3: you know, teaching people that first hour new customer and then.
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  Speaker 2: Or something.
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  Speaker 3: And then this second hour they just share chimney cakes
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  Speaker 3: and so they try all the different varieties. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: it also lends itself to corporate events. We work with
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  Speaker 3: a lot of global corporate brands because it creates natural talk,
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  Speaker 3: triggers someone's like I'm from Hungary. Someone's like, this pastry
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  Speaker 3: reminds me from my grandmother's food from Columbia. I saw
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  Speaker 3: them in Prague and everyone just starts really having a
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  Speaker 3: good time. And then you always have that person who
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  Speaker 3: just stands by our station the entire time, just eating
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  Speaker 3: all the chimney kicks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that'll be me and just a couple of minutes.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll post everything online so that you can see
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  Speaker 1: how the chimney cakes are being made and experience it
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  Speaker 1: for yourself. I know you've got a good social media following.
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  Speaker 1: Where should we find you?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, so you can find us on the TikTok as well,
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  Speaker 3: where we really go through the story explain it, as
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  Speaker 3: well as on Instagram and so curly Yeah. So the
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  Speaker 3: authentic way to say it, which is a little bit challenging,
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  Speaker 3: is because the pastry itself is called kurkolach. So yes,
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  Speaker 3: so we should we shortened the name and call it
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  Speaker 3: c And so the name of the business is called
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  Speaker 3: Curly Kurt, but it's with a k so, not what
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  Speaker 3: a ce so? And if in English, most people don't
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  Speaker 3: know how to say it, so they just call us kretash.
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  Speaker 3: And I think it's less threatening, and then some people
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  Speaker 3: just call us curly altogether and just drop that last piece.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna call you curly, okay.
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  Speaker 1: And I have got a special offer if we stop
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  Speaker 1: by today.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, so if you guys stop by this weekend, so
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  Speaker 3: we're gonna be open Friday, Saturdays and Sunday this particular
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  Speaker 3: week uh. And if you stop by any purchase, you'll
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  Speaker 3: get a complimentary ten dollars chimney cake for free. And then,
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  Speaker 3: oh and what's nice is you get to pair it.
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  Speaker 3: We pair it with Bomamn jams or Nutella or housemaid Do.
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  Speaker 3: And if you get one of our Curly cones, we
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  Speaker 3: take the same pastry, make it in a cone, and
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  Speaker 3: then we pair it with the legendary Nasta's ice cream,
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  Speaker 3: which is absolutely phenomenal. So you're never gonna go right
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  Speaker 3: that Curly.
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  Speaker 2: It is an honor to be a member of the
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  Speaker 2: Curly Club. I love the Curly Club.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Great holiday gifts too, by the way, just
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  Speaker 1: say thank you so much, Nicole. It's good good to
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  Speaker 1: see you in studio.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, thank you.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Yes,